2009 opponent preview Stories - Corn Nation
Revisiting the Oklahoma Sooners
We're resurfacing the preseason preview of the Oklahoma Sooners. The biggest change is that both Sam Bradford and Jermaine Gresham are out for the season with injuries. Think that had an impact on the Sooners? Well, they've lost three games this season ... by a total of five frickin' points. So...
Revisiting Baylor
Baylor certainly started season on the right note, going 3-1 in the non-conference schedule including a 24-21 upset of Wake Forest in the season opener. But then the Bears took a turn for the worst when Robert Griffin tore his ACL. This month, Baylor has only scored 24 points in three games, a...
2009 Husker Football Opponent Preview: Kansas
From 2004 through 2007, Kansas head coach Mark Mangino had the upper hand on Bill Callahan. In Lincoln, Nebraska hung on to win 14-8 in 2004 and 39-32 in overtime in 2006. In Lawrence, it was another matter entirely as the Jayhawks blasted Nebraska 40-15 in 2005 and that infamous 76-39 rout in...
2009 Husker Football Opponent Preview: Oklahoma
Under Bob Stoops, Oklahoma has established themselves as the dominant team in the Big XII conference in this decade, with six conference championships in the last nine years. Yes, Texas got a national championship this decade as well, and the Sooners haven't done so well in bowl games, losing the...
2009 Husker Football Opponent Preview: Iowa State
Last season was a rough one for the Cyclones, starting 2-0 then losing the final ten games of the season. Seemingly everything that could go wrong did go wrong for the Clones. In the conference opener, Iowa State struck early and took a 20-0 lead over Kansas into the locker room. Kansas stormed...
2009 Husker Football Opponent Preview: Texas Tech
Last season was a dream season for Texas Tech. An 11-2 record, a Cotton Bowl berth, two ABC prime-time "Saturday Night Football" broadcasts in Lubbock; for a while, it seemed like nothing could go wrong for the Raiders. Until, of course, the Raiders walked into Norman and got blasted early and...
2009 Husker Football Opponent Preview: Missouri
Nebraska's fade in football fortunes in recent years is, not coincidentally, related to the rise of Missouri's fortunes. Missouri has now won four out of the last six games between the two programs, with the winner of the last three games advancing to the Big XII Championship game. The last two...
2009 Husker Football Opponent: Louisiana-Lafayette
The Ragin' Cajuns of the University of Louisiana-Lafayette have one of the best nicknames in college football. Sadly for the Cajuns', the history of the former Southwestern Louisiana in football doesn't matchup. Under coach Rickey Bustle, the Cajuns have won as many as six games three times in...
2009 Husker Football Opponent Preview: Virginia Tech - Updated!
This opponent preview post was originally done in July. Rather than do a whole new post - we thought it would be interesting if we'd leave the old post in place, and update it with how things have changed after a couple of games. Original Over the offseason, I'm sure more than a few Husker fans...
2009 Husker Football Opponent Preview: Arkansas State
In Nebraska's bid to win the Sun Belt Conference championship in 2009, Arkansas State stands to be the biggest challenge of them all. Florida Atlantic seems to be the team that Husker fans look most warily at, with a top 25 offense and a four year starter at quarterback. But frankly, I think...
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